If you switch your language roar to be in English US, do you still get Daniel on occasion? What voice do you have defined to read system alerts? (System Preferences->Dictation & Speech->Text to speech tab->System Voice) And also in that pane uncheck: Announce when alerts are displayed checkbox > On Jan 11, 2019, at 2:02 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Yeah I also would like this answered, > > I've only started noticing it recently on a machine I'm setting up for work, > I've changed my default to alex but Daniel keeps sticking his nose in to > things. > I'd like to get rid of what I assume is a form of alert voice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On > Behalf Of Michael Busboom > Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2019 11:39 PM > To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Frustrating issue with the Daniel voice, and how do I get rid of it? > > Hello everyone, > > I am having a very difficult time with my Mac constantly switching from Alex, > my preferred English voice, to Daniel. This frequently happens with system > messages, but it also occurs when I am reading my mail. When using German, > this problem does not arise, which is at least good. > > What I want is to have Alex speaking English for everything, when I am > working in the English language. I don’t want my MacBook to constantly > reverting to Daniel. What can I do? > Is there perhaps a way to get rid of Daniel altogether? > I am running macOS Mojave, version 10.14.2 and I have a 2016 MacBook Pro. > > In my Mac preferences, under VoiceOver, my voice for English is set to Alex. > > With thanks in advance for any and all assistance, > > Mike > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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